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Trinity and Peters Township were among the last teams to get into conference play. Losses by both teams a week ago turn tonight’s 5A Allegheny Six game into a must-win situation. The loser falls two games off the pace with just three games to play. Four teams in the 1A Black Hills are within one game. Wash High leads the way with a 2-0 mark. The Little Prexies host Burgettstown, the Blue Devils looking to rebound from their first loss of the season. Canon-McMillan hosts Woodland Hills in a non-conference game at Memorial Stadium in Canonsburg. We’ll have all three games on the WJPA Sports Network. Pregame starts at 6:30 pm with kickoff at 7. Watch/Listen Here!

McGuffey heads to Dormont and a game against 2A #1 Seton-La Salle. Last week, all four Greene County teams in the Tri-County South lost. Tonight, they all play teams in the top half of the league. Barring an upset, there will be a two-game gap between the two halves of the league. Fort Cherry hosts Bentworth, both teams with just one loss in the Black Hills. The winner stays no worse than a game out of first place. Chartiers-Houston, like Canon-McMillan, takes a break from conference play but the Bucs face a 90-minute bus ride for their game at Apollo-Ridge.

Week 7 Schedule (7:00 pm unless noted)
Thursday
4A Big Six
Ringgold 46, Uniontown 6

Friday
5A Allegheny Six
Trinity at Peters Township, 6:30 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here

3A Interstate
Waynesburg at Greensburg Salem

2A Allegheny
South Allegheny at Charleroi

2A Century
McGuffey vs. Seton-La Salle (at Dormont Stadium)

1A Black Hills
Burgettstown at Wash High, 6:30 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
Bentworth at Fort Cherry

1A Tri-County South
Avella at Jeff-Morgan
Beth-Center at Carmichaels
West Greene at California
Mapletown at Frazier

Non-Conference
Woodland Hills at Canon-McMillan, 6:30 pm, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
Chartiers-Houston at Apollo-Ridge

CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Ditka, who won NFL titles as a player and coach with the Chicago Bears, has died. He was 86. Nicknamed “Iron Mike” as a player, Ditka helped revolutionize the tight-end position, then moved to the sidelines and took over as Chicago’s coach. His 1985 team featured one of the game’s most dominant defenses ever. It also had enough outsized personalities to record a rap video, “The Super Bowl Shuffle,” and back up their boasting in the championship game three months later. After retiring as a coach, Ditka became a restaurateur and TV personality, as well as a forceful advocate for improved medical and retirement benefits for former players.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will try to put an uneven opening month of the season behind them when Indianapolis visits. The Steelers find themselves at 2-2 after a dismal road loss at Cleveland. McCarthy says the team is still a work in progress as they prepare to face Indianapolis, which is also at 2-2. The Colts have been improving since an opening-week loss at Baltimore and are coming off a solid win over the Commanders in London. Winning in Pittsburgh has always been a challenge for Indianapolis. The Steelers are 21-3 all time at home against the Colts.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bucky Irving ran for a career-high 165 yards, including a 72-yard run to set up the touchdown that put Tampa Bay ahead for good while scoring twice himself, and the Buccaneers beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-16 night for their first win of the season. Jalon Daniels threw for a TD pass to Irving in the first half while directing a turnover-free offense amid several Dallas miscues in the just the second start for the undrafted rookie. Daniels is filling in for franchise quarterback Baker Mayfield. Dak Prescott led a 99-yard scoring drive but threw two interceptions as the Cowboys continued an up-and-down start to the season.

CHICAGO (AP) — José Ramírez homered and drove in three runs, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 to send their AL Division Series to a winner-take-all Game 5. Pinch-hitter Patrick Bailey also went deep and Game 2 starter Gavin Williams got the last three outs as the Guardians won for the second consecutive day in Chicago after beginning their postseason with two straight losses at home. Jo Adell hit a two-run single to cap a six-run sixth inning for the AL Central champions. Cleveland is looking to become the first major league team to come back from a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five playoff series since the 2017 New York Yankees accomplished the feat against, well, Cleveland. Game 5 is back in Cleveland on Saturday night.